When No. 3 Texas visits No. 4 Oklahoma for a three-game collection in Norman, it’s not nearly bragging rights or a historic rivalry — it’s about who takes management of the SEC title race, and who positions themselves for a high nationwide seed heading into the postseason.
Each groups enter the weekend at 13-5 in SEC play, tied for second and trailing solely Texas A&M by a razor-thin margin. With simply two weekends left earlier than the SEC event, each inning issues.
For Texas, it begins with steadiness. The Longhorns have firepower all through the lineup — they lead the SEC with a .359 crew batting common — they usually’ve proven the flexibility to fabricate runs and hit for energy. Reese Atwood leads the way in which with 16 dwelling runs and 62 RBIs, whereas Mia Scott, Kayden Henry and Ashton Maloney are all batting over .425. Within the circle, Teagan Kavan (20-3, 1.63 ERA) headlines a pitching employees that ranks among the many most constant within the nation, holding opponents to a .205 batting common.
Oklahoma, in the meantime, is trending upward after a midseason lull. The Sooners swept Mississippi State final weekend and are available driving a three-game win streak. Kasidi Pickering (.431) and Ella Parker (.386) stay relentless on the plate, whereas freshman Nelly McEnroe-Marinas and Isabela Emerling have added well timed energy. OU has launched 84 dwelling runs, and their pitching employees — led by Sam Landry (15-3, 1.89 ERA) — continues to maintain opponents in examine.
The Sooners have traditionally dominated this rivalry — they’ve gained 13 of the final 16 conferences and beat Texas in two video games eventually 12 months’s Ladies’s Faculty World Sequence. However this Texas crew is deeper, extra battle-tested, and simply earned its first win at Oklahoma State in practically a decade.
And sure — it completely appears like June in April.
